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UNREST IN ASIA TIMELINE

REASONS FOR WAR

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2. _________________________________________________

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KENNEDY & JOHNSON’S POLICIES TOWARDS VIETNAM

FIGHTING THE WAR

POLITICAL DIVISIONS & RESISTANCE TO THE WAR

THE END OF THE VIETNAM WAR

**Nation’s most costly war

**Support at an all time low

**Nixon widened military activities

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1955

- Aid increased to Vietnam

1956

- S. Vietnam refuses to hold elections

1960

- Vietcong (communist guerrillas) recognized as the National Liberation Front (NLF) of Vietnam

1953-1954

- Eisenhower debates on how much aid, support to French

1950-1953

- US provides aid to French’s struggle in Vietnam

1949

- Mao Zedong recognizes the gov’t under Ho Chi Minh

1946-1949

- “puppet leader” in effective against Ho Chi Minh

1954

- Geneva Accords divide Vietnam @ 17th parallel

- SEATO agrees to protect Vietnam

- N & S Vietnam agree to hold elections, reunite the country

Sept. 1945

- Ho Chi Minh (communists) proclaims Democratic Republic of Vietnam

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• Increased American military advisors to Vietnam

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• Intended to withdraw US from Vietnam

Kennedy’s Policy

• Viet Cong & National Liberation Front

• Henry Cabot Lodge – US ambassador to Vietnam

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o US destroyers attacked by North Vietnam

o _______________________________________ to repel any attack against US forces

o ____________________________________

• By 1965 President, had control, ______________________

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Johnson’s Policy

• Enemy did not wear uniforms

• Fought in the jungles of Southeast Asia

• No clear battlefront

• Land mines

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• Military escalation

• Ho Chi Minh Trail

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o ______________________________________

o ______________________________________

• My Lai Massacre

Course of the War

1965-1968

• Introduction of B-52s

• Saturation bombing

• Fragmentation bombs

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The Air War

• Fled to Canada

• Sought deferments to go to college

• Large number of minorities went to war

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• University of Calif. @_______________

• ________________________________

o __________________________

• The Free Speech Movement

• The Teach-In Movement

o Special sessions held by professors

• Washington DC

• NYC

• Pentagon

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Student Protests

Hawks & Doves

• Congress members divided on war

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• Anti-war democrats running against Johnson (Robert Kennedy)

• Johnson decides not to run ( unpopular

• Democratic Convention chose pro-war candidate

o Rallies ( riots

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Election of 1968

• US politics acted in response to variety of public pressures

• US foreign policy supported view of US being involved in foreign affairs

• US questioned its role as world police officer

• Expansion of presidential powers during war time may not always be the best choice

o Limited after war

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o ________________________________ (18 yr old fighting should have a say)

Conclusions on Vietnam War

o US withdrew, while N. Vietnam overran S. Vietnam

o Saigon gov’t collapsed

o ______________________________

o _____________________________________

End of the Vietnam War

• Passed by Congress overriding Nixon’s veto

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o President had to notify Congress within 48 hrs. of sending troops to foreign country

o President had to bring troops home within 60 days unless congress voted them to stay

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o Peace talks deadlocked

o 1973 – “peace with honor” & cease-fire would take place soon

Peace with Honor

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• Bombing Cambodia

o ________________________

o Support at an all time low

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